Self-Paced Graduate Math Courses for Independent Study

Solution 1:

I would sincerely stay away from online programs. Period. Doing one online class for your own benefit is fine, but an entire degree program? No way! I have served on several search committees for new hirees and believe me, an online degree on the resume is NOT a good thing. This is what I did. When I got the opportunity to teach higher level math classes, I went to an accredited intitution that offers all graduate classes in the evening and in summer. This was not conflicting with my work schedule, just have to allocate time for study with respect to your duties at home, if any. It took me about 5 years (parttime of course) Your employer may even fincancially sponsor you up to some amount. Aren't there any universities somewhere where you live? You want to study abroad? How about your job then?

Solution 2:

Texas Tech has an online graduate math certificate which is not a degree, but it's purpose is to give you the 18 hours of graduate level math that is required to teach college level math courses.

Solution 3:

This posting is in response to DFEUER who wrote: "Options for online math programs are very limited. I haven't personally heard of an online, accredited, graduate-level math program of any sort. Where have you seen such? – dfeuer 16 hours ago"

Hi dfeure, here is the list I gather so far up to early last year. I suspect the landscape is very different this year since more and more schools are jumping in. Note the first two in the list are top universities, at least in Texas. UTB has the lowest tuition; UH has the least credit hours (33) to graduate from its MA Teaching program.

(1) Texas AM - College Station: http://distance-ed.math.tamu.edu/FAQ.html

(2) University of Houston: http://www.mathematics.uh.edu/graduate/master-programs/master-of-arts/index.php

(3) University of Texas - Pan America: http://portal.utpa.edu/utpa_main/daa_home/ogs_home/ogs_imagesfiles/forms/domestic/grad/master_of_science_in_mathematics.pdf

(4) University of Texas - Brownsville: http://www.utb.edu/its/olt/Pages/pMSM.aspx

(5) Emporia State University, Kansas: http://www.emporia.edu/mathcsecon/programs/master-of-science-mathematics.html

Keep in mind those above are only a short list with the most affordable tuition, there may be some other schools that have higher recognition but also charge higher tuition. If you don't mind going online to foreign schools, you may also want to check out the University of London (the oldest, century-old independent study program) or the University of Philippines - Open University. (The UP is the flag-ship university in the Philippines, at the fraction of the cost of US schools.) They do have master programs but unfortunately not in math.

Hope these info will help and thanks for responding.